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Sell the striker most likely to earn a ban to buy the striker second most likely to earn a ban.

Bold strategy.

Gotta take the good with the bad. In 7 years of top flight football the team he played on won has won 9 Trophies.
Serie A 3 times
Coppa Italia 1
Supercoppa Italia 1
Champions League 1
Premier League 1
FA Cup 1
Community Shield 1

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!

Think I'm going to narrow my team selection to: Everton, Villa, Spurs, Newcastle, Swansea.. I really like what Swansea have done and hope they can stay up in the top flight and sustain their success. Was surprised to see they signed Federico Fernandez from Napoli (Argentine defender who played in the world cup). I'm also of Welsh descent along with my English/German and I love seeing a Welsh team in the BPL. But I also don't want a team that will get relegated any time soon and not sure Swansea can stay up.

Don't listen to Nureye. Just watch the teams and maybe get to know fans through the team's respective subreddits. Nureye just has it out for Spurs. I'm a Tottenham fan and really like the fans and club history (and historical style of okay). Plus, I really like the current players and manager.

Don't listen to me all you want, but in England (especially London), Spurs are one of those teams that everyone hates. But don't take my word for it:

If I was to pick a team that was like Carolina, it would probably be Stoke. great fans. Pretty average history. Might make some noise in the league occasionally but will never win anything more than an FA Cup. It is really hard to compare the two things though.

If I was to pick a team that was like Carolina, it would probably be Stoke. great fans. Pretty average history. Might make some noise in the league occasionally but will never win anything more than an FA Cup. It is really hard to compare the two things though.

The video doesn't convince me that everyone hates Spurs, that's just Arsenal fans hating on Spurs which makes sense since they are primary rivals. That's like if I saw a video of Clemson fans hating on USC fans and then you somehow tried to say everyone hates Carolina fans.

Anyways, still trying to figure out what team I want to support. Just can't do a Big 5 team. I know I've followed Man Utd for awhile but it just feels so wrong to do it. I am leaning towards Spurs... since I do want a team that can actually have a chance to win something. I like Swansea but doubt they can ever stay up in the BPL long enough. I also don't really like Arsenal fans, the ones I've seen in Columbia are okay but they just took over my bar (Cock N Bull on Rosewood) as their Columbia viewing party bar (official Columbia Gunners bar - going on Arsenal's website and all) so they will get really annoying really fast.

I've also been to the Charleston, SC Arsenal bar (Charsenal is what they call themselves and they go to My Father's Mustache in Mt Pleasant) and I follow them on FB and they seem like complete asses to everyone else. Almost like they don't want fans of other teams coming in there giving their business money.

I see a lot of similarities between USC and Spurs. First of all, and this goes without saying, but the Gamecock/cockerel. Then we both wear UnderArmour. Tottenham will sometimes wear an all white kit and they look just as badass in that as we do in ours. They also historically don't have the most flattering record against their rival (like us). I know they have 8 FA Cups but it's pretty neat to do the comparison.

I have a stupid question.. We play Millwall on Tuesday in the Capital One Cup .. can someone explain that to me?

It's like the FA Cup but with a lot less teams. Participants must be BPL teams or one of the members of The Football League. Unlike the FA though, the semifinals are a home and home series like Champions League.

I hope Millwall get promoted this year and West Ham stay up. Oh boy wouldn't that be fun?

This would be very interesting. I am getting nervous for tomorrow. I hope we show more pride in playing these bigger teams this year. Everton not having Barkley helps us a good bit, but we have been looking like shite in real competitive games so far. If Özil is in the XI tomorrow I see us with a better chance than if Wilshire plays. I would stick with Chambers and Kos in the back. Chambers is looking like a steal from Southampton so far this season ( can't believe he is only 19). Anyways if there was any other team in the league I would have a soft spot for it would be Everton so here's to a good game!!!

I know a lot of people here cheer for the Big 5 or like one of the up and coming teams/underdogs like Southampton.

However, this is a great read. Everton falls in between the big clubs and the up and coming clubs because they have some tradition. However, there may not be a better or nicer manager than Roberto Martinez. The man is a brilliant manager and likable guy. Makes me want to cheer for Everton.

I know a lot of people here cheer for the Big 5 or like one of the up and coming teams/underdogs like Southampton.

However, this is a great read. Everton falls in between the big clubs and the up and coming clubs because they have some tradition. However, there may not be a better or nicer manager than Roberto Martinez. The man is a brilliant manager and likable guy. Makes me want to cheer for Everton.

I really like him as well. He was in the running to become Liverpool's manager, but I think he wanted more control over transfer so FSG went with BR instead. Really couldn't go wrong with either one, two of the best up and coming managers in the game IMO. As far as Everton's history, they were the best team in the world for the first 8 years, but it's been down hill ever since.

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!

I know a lot of people here cheer for the Big 5 or like one of the up and coming teams/underdogs like Southampton.

However, this is a great read. Everton falls in between the big clubs and the up and coming clubs because they have some tradition. However, there may not be a better or nicer manager than Roberto Martinez. The man is a brilliant manager and likable guy. Makes me want to cheer for Everton.

I really like Martinez as well. As a Liverpool fan, it's almost sacrilegious to pull for Everton, but because of him, I find myself cheering for them in games against ManU, MCFC, etc.........but only after we're clear of them points-wise for the PL and CL races.

I really like Martinez as well. As a Liverpool fan, it's almost sacrilegious to pull for Everton, but because of him, I find myself cheering for them in games against ManU, MCFC, etc.........but only after we're clear of them points-wise for the PL and CL races.

Yep, but I have to admit I was pulling for them in that game against City last year.

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!

If I was to pick a team that was like Carolina, it would probably be Stoke. great fans. Pretty average history. Might make some noise in the league occasionally but will never win anything more than an FA Cup. It is really hard to compare the two things though.

LOL! Stoke is the worst. Terrible fans, and Charlie Adam is a goon. I know plenty about Tottenham and don't need any help from gooners, thanks. Why don't you put a link for why Tottenham fans hate Arsenal as evidence of why everyone hates Arsenal? Or a link to Tigernet for proof that gamecocks are the worst? Of course, our rivals hate us! That doesn't add much to a conversation.